Letters to the editor

Published: August 24, 2004 12:00AM

Story with a happy ending
Editor:
I would like to extend a thank you to the wonderful people of Orrville.
I was taking my dog (a 1-year-old Alaskan Malamute) into the Orrville Veterinary Clinic on Friday, Aug. 13. I had made it to the clinic and had gotten the dog out of my van and on the way in the dog got spooked by new construction going on. He got the leash wrapped in the bushes and slipped his choker leash. In my attempt to hold on to him I fell and he ran into traffic. When I yelled he came back, just being missed by a semi truck. He then ran back at me and the traffic from 57 scared him and he took off running.
The last I saw him he had gone into the cornfield beside Flo-Tork. The staff from Orrville Veterinary all came out and helped look all over the area with no success. We looked all over Orrville, walking through cornfields with no luck.
My daughter put fliers up all over Orrville. On Tuesday afternoon workers from Smucker's came out to find a surprise visitor in their parking lot. They had seen the flier in Subway at lunch and thought it was the same dog. They contacted the Orrville police and one of the workers went to Subway to get the flier and called us to say that they thought they found our dog.
We were so glad it was our Harry and we are so grateful to these wonderful people. We would also like to thank all the businesses that hung up the fliers, Bill Kepler and his crew at the wastewater plant, workers at Orrville Veterinary Clinic and the wonderful workers of Smucker's who went out of their way to reunite a family with their pet.
It so comforting to know that there are people out there that will go out of their way for others. We regret that we did not get the name of these three people. We are so very grateful to them.
Thank you with all our hearts.
The Hartzler family
Jeff, Lori, Alissa and Eric
Smithville
America needs our prayers
Editor:
Have you prayed for America yet? There are groups across the nation asking God's people to pray for ourselves and our country to repent and return to God.
Dr. Henry Blackaby said, speaking last May on the National Day of Prayer in Lancaster, Pa., "When God blows the trumpet and calls for repentance on the part of his people, if his people simply say, 'Lord what do we need to repent of?' it means they're a long way from God
One of the groups is asking us to pray together for our nation each night at 9 p.m. I have asked my family and my congregation, and now I am asking all I can reach to put a note on their mirrors saying "9 p.m. Pray for our Nation."
Dr. Blackaby said, "I believe that the message to our nation on this National Day of Prayer is one of the most serious we have ever faced. I believe that America is going to decide what kind of a nation it's going to be before the year is out. We're in a cultural war. It is one that is incredibly serious."
We sing the prayer "God bless America" but Dr. Blackaby said, "God has never allowed a nation, which had so much of the blessing of God and turned aside from it so thoroughly, ever to survive."
To hear the urgency of the situation and the other side of the news, people should listen to Prime Time America at 5 p.m. on station WCRF 103.3 FM; and Focus on the Family either on WCRF at 10 a.m. or at 7 a.m. on WHK 1220 AM.
Mary Hull Naumoff
Orrville